Foreign Service Appointments

October 31, 2003

The Ministry of Foreign affairs and the Public Service is pleased to announce the following Foreign Service Appointments:

• Mr. Jack Thompson, former Chief Passport Officer has been appointed Deputy High Commissioner at The Bahamas High Commission, Ottawa, Canada.  A career civil servant for some 23 years, Mr. Thompson brings to the post a wealth of experience.  After a successful career as an Agricultural Science teacher, which culminated in his appointment as Principal of the L.M. Major High school in South Andros, Mr. Thompson was appointed a Family Island Commissioner and served in a number of districts including Rum Cay and San Salvador; Exuma and Ragged Island; Bimini and the Berry Islands; Inagua and Mayaguana; and North Abaco.  For the last five years he has been Chief Passport Officer in Nassau.  On Wednesday, October 29, the staff of the Passport Office along with Senior Managers of the Ministry, family members and friends, hosted Mr. Thompson to a farewell luncheon.

• Ms. Sandra Carey, a 21-year veteran in the Foreign Service, has been posted to The Bahamas Consulate General at Miami as Consul. Ms. Carey spent the last 4 years at the Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to the United nations in New York, as Second Secretary/Consul, where she covered all the Committees at the United Nations. 

• Lieutenant Commander Clifford Scavella succeeds Jack Thompson as Chief Passport Officer at the Passport Office, Nassau.  Lt. Cmdr. Scavella is on secondment to the Ministry of foreign Affairs from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, having spent the last 2½ years as Second Secretary/Consul at The Bahamas Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  An officer of some 24 years experience, Lt. Cmdr. Scavella is married and has two children.